About the Board Meeting Minutes

All board meetings start at 6pm, ending between 7:30 and 8 PM. There are no
Board meetings in December and February, otherwise, the meeting date is
the 4th Monday in each month (note... not necessarily the LAST Monday).
Our main task as a Board is to have the 7-9 PM monthly Gardeners Club
meetings run smoothly.

We're somewhat informal, liking to spend time in gardens at meetings held
during Daylight Savings months. As further incentive for members to
host a board meeting, we showcase their gardens in the Featured Garden
section of our website.

During our meetings we try to stay on topic as much as possible, following an agenda. There
should always be time to introduce new topics, but it is often necessary
to put off decision making until something specific is
formulated/researched and put to the Board. The general membership needs
to be presented with information and have time to offer suggestions as
well. Often, when the Board meeting minutes are read, there is a mention
of a "discussion" on a topic, and that's a good time to have the topic
brought up to the membership. Another way for issues to be brought to the
attention of members is in the newsletter.

The March 26th Board meeting was held at the home of Sim Gilbert. Sim’s
garden was looking lush and green with many interesting flowering bulbs
up. Her wonderful collection of maples was just beginning to leaf out
also. We enjoyed a great minestrone dinner after the tour.

Denise reported that the club made $66 from last month’s plant table, $30
from memberships, another $15 from donations, and that we have a total of
$4371 in our bank account before scholarship distribution. We will be
giving $2000 worth of scholarships at the April meeting. An additional $46
was made from the sale of the garden T-shirts.

Scholarships will be awarded to one high school student, Julie Avila from
Watsonville High, and three Cabrillo students, Mary Vogel, Sarah Stephens
and Jerry Liggins.

Suzanne reports that we have 96 paid memberships for 2018, and 23 unpaid
by last year’s roster. Cherry will be sending email reminders to those not
paid.

There were over 40 people attending the March meeting.

Marge reported that Jeanne Favre, Julie Willows and Claire Crumb will be
providing refreshments in April.

There was discussion around printing more T-shirts for sale to the club.
After research by Allen it was decided to print 72 shirts with a cost of
$735. This will preserve the 7-color reproduction, and include long
sleeved styles. Colors to investigate include navy, brown and burgundy.